Papers of Ralph Arnold, 1836-1961.

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Papers of Ralph Arnold, 1836-1961.

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The collection contains letters, documents (including 190,000 reports), 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, South America, etc.; political papers from 1914-1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers (1836-1961) of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey (1900-09).

Approx. 200,000 pieces.257 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Geological survey (U.S.)

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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